My Old Unorganized Life When life isn’t organized, we suffer for it. Our minds are filled with the pressure of all the things we should be doing. Even when we take a moment to relax, we feel guilty because there is so much left to do. 24 hours in a day doesn’t feel like enough. …
Preparing to Move with a Baby
Moving with a Baby Moving with a newborn was difficult, sure. It was three or four months before all the boxes were unpacked. And, to be fair, it wasn’t really “all the boxes” unpacked. We knew we’d be moving again in a year, so we left a good portion of the home library in boxes, …
Teaching My Baby to Talk: Encouraging Words
Teaching Your Baby to Talk Studies have shown that babies in quiet households are delayed in learning to talk (and also to read)! I don’t know about you, but when I am alone I rarely think about saying anything out loud. When baby number one came, that didn’t change. So I knew I needed to …
A Mom’s Starter Booklist: 3 Reads that Will Change the Way You Parent
This week I want to share with you three of the most amazing books I’ve read about parenting. These books have all changed my outlook and improved my understanding of children. Every parent should read these books. I especially appreciate how the wisdom is adaptable for families to match with their own values. A Solid …
The Ultimate Guide to Baby Clothes: Plan Based on Your Family’s Situation
While I was pregnant with our first baby, I spent a long time searching “how many baby clothes do we need in each size.” Although I found several different posts on various blogs, none of them really fit with how I ended up using clothes with Little Fox. There are numerous factors which go into …
Surviving the Exhausted Days: How to Be a Mom with Almost No Sleep (Part II)
Part 2: Daytime Solutions After A Rough Night So last week we talked about some ways to handle parenting at night. (If you missed that article, check it out here). This week we are going to go through some options for what you can do to survive through the day. It is 5:30 in the …
Surviving the Exhausted Days: How to Be a Mom with Almost No Sleep (Part 1)
Part 1: Nighttime Solutions When You Aren’t Getting Enough Sleep With a Baby Just when you think that your baby has this sleep thing down, maybe even reaching five or six hours straight of sleep, it happens. You’re up to the-world-is-ending cries every one to two hours, and you start to feel like you’ll never …
The Beauty of Christian Living: Why ‘The Way’ is the Best Way
In today’s culture, Christian living is often viewed as unappealing, unfashionable, and out of date. Yet, Christian living is none of these things. To twist a Fulton Sheen quote “There aren’t more than 100 people in this world who hate Christian living for what it is, but millions who hate it for what it isn’t.” …
How to Introduce Solids to Your Baby
If you’re anything like me, you want to do everything the best way possible for your child. Unfortunately, it isn’t always obvious what the best way is. Babies don’t come with textbooks. That said, there is a library of baby knowledge to draw from. When Little Fox was about four months old, I went to …
Dates at Home: How to Enjoy Time with Your Spouse When You Have Little Children
You can never overestimate how much less time you will have for yourself once you bring a baby into your home. The trouble is, the same can apply to time with your spouse. As a Christian family, we know that it is important to prioritize our marriage. Since having our first baby, we have come …